Christopher Brown Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

Today’s chief financial officers (CFOs) and finance organizations need to execute on a much broader range of responsibilities than existed in their traditional role as corporate accountant – including those related to finance function effectiveness, information quality and consistency, finance talent management, internal controls and corporate governance, business performance management and others. Finance Transformation enables CFOs and finance executives to improve business performance and shareholder value while actively improving operational effectiveness and efficiency. We help CFOs and finance departments in their efforts to fulfil their evolving, expanded and increasingly complex roles.These roles are to ensure the foundational elements of Steward and Operator are performed efficiently and effectively to free capacity of the Finance Team to enable focus on the Strategist and Catalyst roles. Specialties:Finance Function Effectiveness, Finance Transformation, Finance Process Improvement including Automation, Management Reporting, Finance Governance and Finance Business Partnering

Queensland, Australia

The AABC (QLD) is a non-profit organisation which aims to unite business communities, entrench business and social networks and stimulate bilateral trade and investment initiatives between Australia and Africa.The AABC facilitates networking and relationship-building towards these objectives, the AABC’s Queensland chapter holds regular functions and events in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and other regions throughout Queensland.

Brisbane, Australia

Vantage Performance is a leader in sustainable business improvement, winning national recognition in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. We take the time to understand what our clients want.We genuinely want to make a difference and leave businesses in a stronger position. We love doing what we do and seeing the impact on people's lives.Historically clients have received 13-18 times return on investment of fees, and cash flow improvements of $3 million to $5 million in the first 100 days.Contact us today to discuss Transformation Services, Financial Performance and Tailored Recruitment solutions to improve the performance of your business.Discover more at – www.vantageperformance.com.au.SpecialtiesTransformation Services, Financial Performance, Finance Raising, Capital Raising, Business Strategy, Restructuring, Cash Flow Improvement, Business Process Improvement, Executive Recruitment, Interim Management, People Performance

Brisbane, Australia

Integrate is a leading out-of-the-box management consulting firm, specialising in improving and growing Mid Market firms. At the core of our practice is the integration of plan, business, and people, into a single cohesive and purposeful value creation entity.In addition to performing the Managing Director role, I also provide Strategic and Corporate Management Consulting services to the medium and large enterprise business market. I continue to develop a specialist background in the development of strategy and management of its execution. I am responsible for leading the following service lines:o Operational Strategy Planning & Executiono Business & Process Improvemento Merger & Acquisition Integrationo Pre-Turnaround and Turnaround with the help of the other Turnaround Specialists.

Queensland, Australia

As an Associate Principal in the Specialist Advisory division of Crowe Horwath Brisbane, my role can be summarized as primarily focused on providing Strategic Advisory and Management services to the medium and large enterprise market as well as business development for the firm. Key Accomplishments:o Regular speaker at numerous events, particularly for the Institute of Chartered Accounting.o Demographic Study and Financial Models for a New Car Vehicle Retailer addressing the relocation of existing facilities and the impact this may have on the Network and Existing Business.o Turnaround and Sale project of an SME Business. The value of the business more than tripled within six months through implementation of both growth and productivity strategies and a monthly board and management process. o Implemented a Business Intelligence system to identify improvement strategies and manage performance of a group of more than 200 entities.o Prepared a Cost Benefit Feasibility study for a general insurance provider to address the opportunity of providing additional products to its client base.o Developed a financial model addressing the impact on sales and correspondingly on profit of an online store malfunction to a business of more than 250 entities. This model and report were used as the basis on which to compensate the 250 entities for the lost business. o Presented to a property valuation company and its subsidiaries on areas of improvement within the businesses and potential strategies. This lead to Strategic Advisory of the boards of numerous subsidiaries within the company. o Implemented an Activity Based Costing system at a large State Government organisationo Research and preparation of a Strategic Options Report for a Defense Contractor to address stagnating growth and erosion of profitability and a five year exit strategy to an international competitor. o Awarded Employee of the Year 2011.

Strategic Advisory and Management Consultancy services to large and listed organisations both locally and abroad. Strategic Advisory services included performance improvement and turnaround services facilitated through direct hands on involvement with clients and through support and facilitation of the organisations board. Key Accomplishmentso Development and implementation of an analysis methodology to rank entrants in industry awards. o Facilitation of negotiations and discussions to merge by three large project management companies; this included numerous reviews of historical performance, forecasts and valuations. o Delivery of benchmarking projects for various industry types: (General Insurance (250), Financial Planning (150), Real Estate (50), Retailer (40) Thorough bred race tracks (10), Real Estate (25))o Review of integrity and accuracy of data provided to a major Financial News and Information Platform provider based in Hong Kongo Research and Development of the financial analytics engine for ACRA Singapore.o Numerous Valuations, including the valuation of a large agribusiness for purposes of an internal capital raising as part of recapitalisation of the business and in preparation for a refinancing application to two existing key financiers, as well as the Valuation of the minority interest of Indonesian mining consultant requiring a divestment from the asset. o Various presentations, including one to clients and key partners of the firm on “Understanding and Managing a business’s crisis point in the GFC”

Strategic performance management and improvement services for large and listed entities, including management of benchmarking projects for various industries. The role also included the design and development of business intelligence tools for single and multi site business and regulatory authorities.Key Accomplishmentso Benchmarking project (150 Entities), including coordination and management of a team of analysts and preparation of both individual participant reports as well as a report on the summary of the group’s performance. The report included the development of improvement strategies for segments identified within the benchmark. o Facilitation of a request for proposal from financiers to finance a biomedical business. o Preparation of an acquisition analysis case and the identification of potential synergies as well as uplift to the Enterprise Value of the business. o Development and Implementation of an XJO benchmark; its policies and procedures and analysiso Facilitated the merger process of two medium size businesses; this included valuations, structuring, profit sharing agreements and negotiations. o Implementation of Activity Based Costing system at a Food Manufacturing Business ($65 M)

Sap Concur Certified Implementation Professional

Anaplan Fundamentals

Blackline Reconciliation Automation

Graduate Diploma Of Applied Finance, Corporate Finance/Advisory

Graddip Chartered Accounting, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

Bachelor Of Business, Professional Accounting, Credit

Bachelor Of Information Systems, Information Technology, Systems And Consulting, Distinction